25th Annual Downeast Ophthalmology Symposium & Flynn Lecture
Program Agenda
Friday, September 25, 2026
| 12:00pm | Introductory Remarks Sara Bozorg, MD and Patrick Rapuano, MD, Co-Chairs |
| Cataract (12:10pm – 1:55pm) | |
| 12:10 | Mini-Monovision Sonia H. Yoo, MD |
| 12:45 | Dysphotopsia: A Better Understanding Steven G. Safran, MD |
| 1:20 | Refractive Surprises After IOL Surgery Sonia H. Yoo, MD |
| 1:55 | Break with Exhibitors |
| Uveitis/Trauma/AI and Telemedicine (2:35pm – 4:30pm) | |
| 2:35 | Posterior Uveitis: Is it Infectious? Debra A. Goldstein, MD |
| 3:10 | Your Virtual Visit Starts Now: AI and Telemedicine in Ophthalmic Care Delivery Grayson W. Armstrong, MD, MPH |
| 3:45 | The Uveitis Work Up – Be a Minimalist Debra A. Goldstein, MD |
| 4:05 | Making the Most of Retinal Imaging You Already Have Debra A. Goldstein, MD |
| 4:25 | Final Questions/Closing Remarks |
| 5:00 | Harbor Cruise |
| 6:45 | Lobster Bake Dinner Presentation: A Thoughtful Perspective on How Physicians Can Reconnect with Themselves, Embrace Aging, and Rediscover Meaning Beyond Medicine Durga Larkin, MD |
Saturday, September 26, 2026
| 7:00am | Panel Discussion (Breakfast Available in Exhibit Area) |
| Glaucoma (8:00am – 10:00am) | |
| 8:00 | Surviving the Aging of America by Re-thinking How We Care for Glaucoma Michael V. Boland, MD, PhD |
| 8:40 | Lies, Dam Lies, and Tonometry: Clinical Decision-making with Intraocular Pressure Andrew E. Pouw, MD |
| 9:20 | So Many Glaucoma Procedures: How I Choose Michael V. Boland, MD, PhD |
| 10:00 | Break with Exhibitors |
| Uveitis/Trauma/AI and Telemedicine (10:45am – 11:25am) | |
| 10:45 | Ocular Syphilis Debra A. Goldstein, MD |
| Cataract (11:25am – 2:15pm) | |
| 11:25 | Pearls for Complex Cataract Surgery Steven G. Safran, MD |
| 12:05pm | Break/Chat with Exhibitors/Lunch Buffet (Working Lunch) |
| 12:35 | Corneal Reshaping Prior to Cataract Surgery Sonia H. Yoo, MD |
| 1:15 | Anterior Segment Surgery Plus Pars Plana Vitrectomy: Middle Ground or Out of Bounds Steven G. Safran, MD |
| 1:40 | Pearls for Refractive IOL Exchange Steven G. Safran, MD |
| 2:00 | Final Questions/Closing Remarks |
Sunday, September 27, 2026
| 7:00am | Panel Discussion (Breakfast Available in Exhibit Area) |
| Uveitis/Trauma/AI and Telemedicine (8:00am – 10:00am) | |
| 8:00 | Teaching the Art of Ocular Trauma Surgery: Lessons in Saving the Eye Grayson W. Armstrong, MD, MPH |
| 8:40 | When Time is Vision: Telemedicine and AI in Ocular Trauma Care Grayson W. Armstrrong, MD, MPH |
| 9:20 | FLYNN UPDATE (in honor of Thomas E. Flynn, MD) Academy Update – Ophthalmology/ER & Hospital Coverage and Beyond Christopher J. Rapuano, MD, President, American Academy of Ophthalmology |
| 10:10 | Break with Exhibitors |
| Glaucoma (10:55am – 1:00pm) | |
| 10:55 | Is This Really Happening? Changes in Visual Fields in Patients and Technology Andrew E. Pouw, MD |
| 11:35 | Putting Clinical Information Systems to Work for You in Glaucoma Care Michael V. Boland MD, PhD |
| 12:15pm | Structure Doesn’t Lie…Or Does It? Optical Coherence Tomography and Glaucoma Andrew E. Pouw, MD |
| 12:55 | Final Questions/Closing Remarks |